Becoming Rain
by
K. A. Tucker
Fiction-GENERAL
Book Review-Burying-Water
Burying Water
(Burying Water #1 of 4)
by
K. A. Tucker
Put a very attractive girl, a troubled youth, and the Russian mob together and what do you have? Answer….Burying Water.
Burying Water, the first book in a series of the same name, is a well-paced romance which combines all three elements to form another enjoyable read from K. A. Tucker.
One rainy night Jesse plays Good Samaritan and stops to see if a fellow driver needs assistance. HER car has a flat tire. Jesse changes the tire and receives a big kiss for his effort.
Shortly thereafter a customer asks if he would fix an aging classic car. Jesse jumps at the chance only to discover that the customer, a Russian mobster, is married to the mystery lady. From there the plot thickens.
Burying Water is written in ‘then’ and ‘now’ chapters. When I first came upon this style of writing I wasn’t sure that I liked it. However, in this instance it provides an excellent link in time and a means of unravelling the past and how it links to the present day story line. To go into any more detail would spoil the plot.
The only other thing I will add is that I often opt for crime books….good guys and bad guys. Burying Water does include this element, however, while the criminal aspects of the plot are central to the story it is mainly limited to violence and inferred criminal activities.
I have rated Burying Water as a solid four star read.
I rated Burying Water as solid four star read.
I think
Burying Water
is a solid
read.
At the time of writing my review other
Goodreads readers have rated
Burying Water
an average of 4.15 stars
from 12,165 ratings
and 1,396 reviews
Burying Water
can be purchased on-line at
Fishpond, Booktopia, and Amazon
Book Review-Paper-Daisies
Paper Daisies
by
Kim Kelly
I must confess to having read Paper Daisies earlier in the year and have only just decided to write about it…or rather not write about it.
I have read The Blue Mile and This Red Earth, both authored by Kim Kelly. Both were enjoyable books and I rated each books as four star read.
Paper Daisies commenced at Christmas 1900, whereas This Red Earth was set at the end of World War I and The Blue Mile in the 1930s and World War II
As I said it has been some time since listening to Paper Daisies and I had forgotten the story. I was beginning to think that I may need to re-read it. Then in Goodreads blurb I spied those two words. Berylda Jones. With just those two words enough of the story came back to realise why I had not previously reviewed Paper Daisies.
This audio version will go down as not my favourite Kim Kelly book. From memory, the story seemed disjointed and I simply could not get into to it. After a few chapters I put it away.
Unfortunately I am one of ten readers who have rated Paper Daisies one star book. For me that is an unfinished book. Considering around 75% of readers have rated Paper Daisies as with three (or more) stars, it may a better read than an audio book.
I think
Paper Daisies
is a
read.
At the time of writing my review, other
Goodreads readers have rated
Paper Daisies
an average of 3.7 stars from
166 ratings and 45 reviews
Paper Daisies
can be purchased on-line at
Fishpond, Booktopia, and Amazon
Book Review-He-Will-Be-My-Ruin
He Will Be My Ruin
by
K. A. Tucker
He Will Be My Ruin is the second of Kathleen A. Tucker’s books in as many months. Again, I thoroughly enjoyed He Will Be My Ruin as I did Keep Her Safe. He Will Be My Ruin is a fast paced story that did keep me reading well into the night.
Celine and Maggie come from different worlds however have been close friends until their careers lead them on separate paths. Celine’s death is the central point of He Will Be My Ruin. Maggie returns to wind up Celine’s estate and the story develops from there.
With the help of a friendly Detective and his Private Investigator friend Maggie begins to examine the circumstances surrounding Celine’s death, which she thought unusual.
To say much more about the plot would bring out spoilers. However, I will say that He Will Be My Ruin is close to the best mystery read this year. There are potential villains a wealthy one and an apparently not so wealthy one, along with an elderly neighbour who I, at one stage, had pegged as being the villain.
He Will Be My Ruin had my attention on page one and held it until the last page and I am sure it could be translated into a screen play.
I am going to rate He Will Be My Ruin as a solid 4 star read.
I think
He Will Be My Ruin
is definitely a
read.
At the time of writing my review other
Goodreads readers have rated
He Will Be My Ruin
an average of 3.95 stars
from 6,934 ratings
and 1,231 reviews
He Will Be My Ruin
can be purchased on-line at
Fishpond, Booktopia, and Amazon
Book-Review-Exhibit-Alexandra
Exhibit Alexandra
by
Natasha Bell
Exhibit Alexandra by Natasha Bell was the first of her works that I have read. It was an interesting book however, I’m not sure that I will be chasing her other books as this plot was one which I have never come across before.
Exhibit Alexandra tells the story of a teacher’s wife, who left her career to raise a family. One day when their children are in, or nearing, their teenage years, Alexandra disappears leaving her husband and two girls behind. Police eventually decide that Alexandra has been murdered and scale down their search.
Alexandra’s husband is not as certain (as the police) and continues searching until he finally tracks her down.
To say much more will entail revealing spoilers which I am loath to do.
Narrator, Katharine McEwan, does a fair job of narrating of what is essentially, a slow storyline.
Simply because Exhibit Alexandra was a different story to those I usually read. As stated previously, about other books, it may be a better read than an audio-book.
I have rated
Exhibit Alexandra
is still a
star read.
At the time of writing my review
Goodreads readers have rated
Exhibit Alexandra
an average of 3.30 stars,
from 1,505 ratings
and 328 reviews.
Exhibit Alexandra
can be purchased online at
Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon
Book-Review-The-Woman-in-the-Window
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The Woman in the Window
by
A J Finn
I am making, a little late I know, a New Financial Year resolution. Beginning July 1st I firmly resolve to be more careful with books and authors I select to read!
The Woman in the Window by A J Finn is another of those books which I found neither enjoyable, entertaining or a page turner. After reading page one, the only pages I wanted to turn were the covers. Closed for ever and a day.
Fact is, from the moment I saw chapters headed as days and dates, the word “Diary” was screaming at me.
Six chapters in, and I had had enough .
One star and no more time wasted endeavouring to justify why I stopped reading.
If you really want to read The Woman in the Window, you may enjoy it. But please consider borrowing it from your library before wasting money on a purchase you may regret.
I note that 239,000 Goodreads readers have rated The Woman in the Window as a three star read or better. More than 110,000 readers rate it four stars.
I will be one of just over 4,000 readers who think it is one star material.
Book Review-Learning-by-Degrees
Learning by Degrees
(Dan Irvine Book #1)
by
Marty Langenberg
Learning by Degrees commences with university Orientation Week pranks and in this instance focuses on the hazing of a gay first year student and the long-term cost of that event.
Learning by Degrees is sort of a sequel to Marty’s previous books in so much as the core characters from Marty’s earlier works (The Broken Vows Trilogy) are reprised again, in Learning by Degrees.
Learning by Degrees commences with university Orientation Week, however the story soon jumps to about ten years after graduation day. Most participants of the initiation ceremony are now very successful in politics or business.
One by one, four of the six involved in the initiation ceremony, against the gay freshman, turn up very dead. I didn’t pick the murderer as Learning by Degrees ended with surviving characters explaining why and who, the murderer was.
Learning by Degrees is reasonably well paced with many conversations between characters as they try to solve the mystery of who is the murderer.
I was left a bit baffled when I discovered who the villain was, as from memory, he had a small part (except in name) and was never described (to my knowledge) as a villain.
At the time of writing my review only one other Goodreads reader had rated (5 stars) and reviewed Learning by Degrees.
My three star rating gives Learning by Degrees an average of 4 stars at this point in time.
I have rated
Learning by Degrees
as a
read.
Learning by Degrees
can be purchased on-line at
Fishpond and Amazon
Finally, I must declare that I know and worked with Marty
for several years before he retired.
However, I believe this has not clouded my review.
